Help identify old piece.... west Texas find.

[cricman]

Here's a pretty clean one:





cricman

[Tbar]

It’s a saddle skirt ornament, called a Texas Martingale. Made for the Dragoons during the Mexican War I read.

Google that and read about it. Does it have the 3 clips on the rear like the pictures I found?


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http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/to...und-texas.html

Ding, ding, ding.............We have a winner here!!!

[xman59]

How the hell can anyone call Menard "West" Texas? Its 40 miles from the dead center of the state.

As for the article, I think it's more modern than you might think. Possibly pressed tin from the 50s or 60s. Hard to say without knowing what its made of.

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if you from orange or beaumont area, anything west of houston is west texas,, then it turns into far west texas

[bowtecmike]

Lol, makes sense

if you from orange or beaumont area, anything west of houston is west texas,, then it turns into far west texas

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[Tx-Burt]

Cool Find

Cool Find, but your map is saying my Hill Country Lease is in South Texas
Don't let my lease owner see this, He may want more $$$

[Uncle Saggy]

Is it just me or does that look vaguely masonic?

My first thought


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[J-Fish]

I was thinking a tassel from her pastie

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I would hate to see the girls you run with!

[J-Fish]

It’s a saddle skirt ornament, called a Texas Martingale. Made for the Dragoons during the Mexican War I read.

Google that and read about it. Does it have the 3 clips on the rear like the pictures I found?


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Hey Bill, doing the google thing and coming up will all kinds of things except what you said about the Dragoons during the Mexican War. Can you send me a link to what you read or found?

You did put me on the right path, just want to read what you found.

[RLB]

How the hell can anyone call Menard "West" Texas? Its 40 miles from the dead center of the state.

Wouldn't 40 miles west of the center of Texas be west?

[bowtecmike]

Wouldn't 40 miles west of the center of Texas be west?[/QUOTE]

Its basically South of center, so....is it South Texas?

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[Tom]

I peek in on this website now and again for the geographical expertise.

[texasair]

My grandfather had some old saddles from the late 1800's early 1900's with something similar. He referred to it as a breast plate and it was part of the breast collar that held the saddle from sliding back. It also held the tie down or martingale going to the horses head.

[Bill]

Hey Bill, doing the google thing and coming up will all kinds of things except what you said about the Dragoons during the Mexican War. Can you send me a link to what you read or found?



You did put me on the right path, just want to read what you found.

http://www.relicman.com/miscellaneous/A1%20Miscellaneous%20Relics%20Sales%20Catalog.htm

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[Dusty Britches]

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/to...und-texas.html

When they say a Texas Martingale, is that the piece on the front of the breast strap of a saddle? At least that's what I'm thinking.

[bowhuntertex]

that is a pretty cool find..........